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of the Government lines. This state thing a cocasional typ of affairs in a Colony where weather mone cople are unkind snough to my they are of so much importance deserve its compensation for living across to shipping concerns, certainly needs the harbour. But when it throatoma to remedying. The Observatory, especial different matter altogether, ly so because of its inaccessibility, more than any other Department of the Government, should be directly connected with the public telephone service, and if the desired reform is delayed further it might well be the subject of a recommendation from the Chamber of Commerce.

One other point which has been emphasised during the past few weeks is the need of either altering the present location of the typhoon signals on the Kowloon side or of adding to them so that they may be visible

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is a comparatively small matter, but none the less. It deserves attention. As things are, it is utterly impossible for the great majority of the people to know whether a signal has been hoisted or hauled down, and, as the grievance could easily be remedied, we hope the point will be noted by the proper authorities.

NEWS OF THE DAY.

There were no plague cassa notifed

on Saturday,

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THE ARBITRATION

COPYRIG FRANCE AND

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(ONDAY AUGUST

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REVOLUTIO

Reuter's

resee to the

LONDON, Ex-President Simon of sailed for Jamaica.

Britakand Garrosu marizes have bee

OUTLINE OF THE PROVISIONS (Renter's Service to the Chand Mail) (Heuter's Service to the Chana Mask)

LONDON, August 5. LONDON, August 7.

A Paria seral-official pots states that, A message from Washington though the Franco-German termion is re- that the Senate has taken the usuallared and the situation is improving, If this sort of thing continues wa shail | course of publishing the texts of there still exists an extremely wide ball the cinks of the Colony the Anglo-American and the Franco-margin between German claims and

sistait," I bug thair pardot-taking American Arbitration Treaties, although possible French concessions. this happens I'm staid talpana will place they have not yet receiver celeration THE KAISER CRITICISED.

It is reported that a fraces ocOUETTE the peninsula under a hat. What a pity its hands. This has been done at the

The Berlin Fan-Germon Press is very between German marines and a mob of we can't have a mammoth suspension request of the Administration, which is bridge across the harbour. That's a una desirous that they shoull receive the angry over the rumours that Germany villagers...

fallest consideration of the Prees and has abandoned a large part of her of the future very much of a dream, too.

the people in order to enlighten the claims on the Congo, Senate regarding the rest sentiments of the country as the basis of its actions.

up their abode in Kowloon. But before

At one time it looked as if Kowloo would be barred out." Timmed monte dente uit. Esturday and communication with Hongkong was restored. One com pradors, wrote to a customer as follows

and fruits formed the diet of many re

{* Miss--As the kyphoon took place the launch can not be mailed oren so we have no fresh meats for supplying you bat chickens and any tind you please order instead of them and obliged." ·

Writing of Kowloon and typhoons reminds me of a little matter which

sight, and hence folk never knew when the signale are up. What is wanted is signalling met high up on some eminence

Both Treation are identical except that the Preambles reveal minor differences.

landed at Haysi to maintain order, Owing to street Eghts in which twenty people have been kille

DAN PISTOL DUEL IN BERLIN,

The Pan-Garmen Podt attacks the] Emperor, whom it holds responsible for the change, which it describes

tantamount, to... rational diagrace and: shame.

SPAINS LATEST ACT.

A Paris message states that the

The British Preamble dwells on the desire of the contracting parties to perpetunts the peace which has been existing between the two nations since the year 1814, a desire which had been strengthened by the settle ment in recent years of pending con- troversies, so that now for the first time Spain.

POLICE & BURGLARS.

Reuter's Service in the China Ifail )-

"Lostos," August

A pistel duel is reported between two policenses and two burglars in a hous in the west end of Berlin

Fifteen ahots were fired. Qao police Spanish Commander at Alwar has man was killed and one of the burglars ordered the Shereefan garrison to leave committed suicide. The other was

arrested. the town or submit to the orders of

Herr Jagow, Chief of Police in un order states that henceforth any police man bestaling to ne his Browsing pistol will be dismissed.

SIR F. YOUNGHUSBAND.

A SUCCESSFUL OPERATION.

Kalopite say needs remedying. As there are no important differences be FRANCE SEES DIFFICULTIES. present signals are hoisted at tween them. They were resolved that

LONDON, Aug. 6. points on the peninsula and both are no future differences should be the cause within stone's throw" of "each" othof | af hostilities or should "disturb the The different noten struck in the -one at the wharf and one as the existing good relations of friendship.official organs of Berlin and Paria Water Police Station. For the residents

The Treaty, which comprises seren concerning the negotiations are per of Kowloon these are both quite cut of

articles, is to become effective when the plexing. The Germans are apparently ratifications have been exchanged, and better satisfied with the new basia of is to be terminable at two years notice. the negotiations than the French, who (Riester a Servus to the China Mails)

Article 1 provides for the submission dilate on the many difficulties ahead. of differences to the Hague or some other

LONDON, August 7 arbitral tribunal as may be decided by The Paris newspapers, while agreeing the right, before concluding a special Paris and Berlin-yesterday explaining pecial agreement, and Britain reserves that the semi-official notes issued in agreement in any matter affecting the interests of her self-governing: Do minions, to obtain the concurrence of the Government of that Dominion, a

MEMOS FOR TO-MORROW. 11am-action of Unclaimed and Con

such as Blackbead's Hill or the Observatory. fiscated Good the Central Polica Station.

H. 31. S. Thistle arrived at Shanghai Perhaps the authorities could look into this Noon.-H. F. C. & M. Steamboat Co.'s on Saturday, 5th August.

Alecting.

General Memoranda. WEDNESDAY, August 9:-

Noon-Ordinary General Meeting of

Hongkong & South China Blest Fish erica Co., L 5.30 p.m.-Annual General Meeting of

the Victoria Recreation Club, THURSDAY, AUgust 10-

10:55 am.-Full Moon.

We have been asked to mention that the ordinary train service of the Kowloon Canton railway will be resumed to-morrow morning.

matter.

We're and the New Post Office scandni

The body of a Chinaman, aged about to get the Old Port Ofice 45 years, was picked up in Wanchai, and scandal Certainly to the outsider it seems conveyed to the mortuary.

as though the Government has been nicely bad." Jolie Chukman is a pretty shrewd customer when it comes to speculation, and in this case the Oriental is doubtless doing a quiet little chucklo to himmelf Perhaps his smile became all the broader as be read the Colonial Secretary's apology for letting the premises at a mere $40 a month. It was masterly confession of inability to see further than one's nose.

Two inen appeared at the Magistracy this morning, for smoking opiat on premises at Wing Fook Lane. The first 12.50 p.m.-Hunglong Hotel C. Half defendant was fined $95 and the second

Yearly Meeting

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SATERDAY, August 19-

SATURDAY, August 19:---

Noon-Meeting of Hongkong & Shang

Jai Banking Corporation ut City Hall.

The Chian Mail

Hoyas, Monday, August 7, 1911.

TYPHOON REFLECTIONS.

The actual amount of premium paid into the Treasury for land sales and surveys during last year was $63,818.20 or very nach less than the estimate which anxunted to $10,000.

You used the right adjective the other day, Mr Editor, in giving & caution to the Hongkong Chinese villagers' addresses to B. M the King. They were indeed "quaint. True there is another adjective which might might mom truthfully be applied to the sentiments expressed. 1' The Houstony Telegraph, as will be leave my readers to wipply that according ocen from an advertisement elsewhere, isto bow they view the matter. making a feature of a series of articles on

44 Right", duties and liabilities of share-take a bit of beating for floridity of The New Territory ciders: effusion would brokers." Those articles appear every Saturday,

Comparatively little damage was done to buildings in the Colony by typhoods and rainstorms last year, the only damage

thy of mention being the collages of

retaining wall at No. 18, Macdonnell Road (Inland Let 1,500).

and crave for a

Wo

Article 3 provides for the institution

the state of the negotiations indicats a distinctly less samined situation, repeat

that it would be a mistake to think that

all the difficulties had been removed.

of a Joint Commission of Enquiry, They point out that the French Note is

LONDON, August 6

Sir Francis Younghusband has been brought to England from Belgian Bad has been successfully operated upon for the injury to his leg.

RAILWAY PORTERS

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which, upon the request of either party, less categorical than that issued by (Heuter's Service to the China fail shall investigate any controversy before Germany it is submitted to arbitration

Article 3 provides that the re commendations of the Commission shall in no wise bave the character of an arbitral award. The Commission is erely to decide whether the controversy tahall be submitted to arbitration.

Article says that the Treaty super- sedes that of 1908 but in no wise affects that of 1909 relating to differstices between the United States and Canada.

ITALIAN EMIGRATION:

RESTRICTIONS IN SOUTH AMERICA.

TOGO IN AMERICA,

HOPES OF ARBITRATION

language. Their wishes, though not altos gother likely of fulfilment, were certainly liberal enough to wit. Humbly we hope(Benter's Service to the Ching Mail) that the Charice of state will be guided So far we are having a decidedly

by Him for a thousand autumna."

But I

LONDON, August 7. bad year with tyhoons. Although

think the gentry of Dumbell Island take Owing to special quarantine restric we have luckily escaped. being actual

the palin. We long for Your Majesty tions enforced by Uruguay and Agentine ly struck," we have come as near

upon Italian emigrants, Italy has glimpse of you O this undesirable experience as we

GRAY for the Sun, they said, stopped all emigration thither. This

means a great shortage in labour.. adding:-"In the roads and by-usYN FORUM Of a number of prisoners under sen. care-to. The past week was with tence of death and awaiting exocation in delight in Your Majesty's rule and our and old chant your praises, singing our out doubt one of the very worst the Central Gaal, Bangkok, three managed boundless joy in your infinite bounties."" experienced by the Colony for very to effect their escape during the night and I can't recall ever baring heard youthful or many years. With danger signals in got clean away, despite the fact that prison aged Chinese chuting the praises of King evidence day after day, and with the under sentence of death are always George V. in the by-ways. But perhapa, DEPARTMENT. possibility of the worst attentions

guarded with special strictness.

that's due to my ignorance of the Chinose. of the typhicon none too remote, the wild be a desirable acquisition during the

Xo doubt thinking that an umbrella tongue. Perhaps. effect on the shippinglifeof theport was storm, a small boy stule ona value $4.50, After all the talk about the wonderful almost disastrous. Many companies but this led to his appearance at the improvements being carried out, at the must have incurred very considerable Magistracy this morning, when a sentence Theatre Royal, they have simply amounted losses owing to the unavoidable of eight strokes of the birch and forty-eight to an alteration of the staincess, While dislovation of harbour work, while hors detention was meted out to him folk appreciate the change made, they the inconveniences cansed in domestic

P. W. D. last year shows a considerable improvement, hare quite igumed the

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(Router's Service to the China Mail.)

Losoy, August. 7:

A message from New York states that the Mayor of that City has received Admiral Toga at the City Hall. Throngs Admiral Togs opined that it would cheered the Japanese Admiral.

be an advantage to Japan to join America in an agreement similar to the Presidens Taft gave a banques in honour of Admiral Togo at White

AVIATION.

LATEST ZUROPEAN

ACHIEVEMENTS.

(Beuter's Bervice to the China Mail.) LONDON, Ang. 5.

LONDON, Augus

Fifteen hundred goods porters Lancashire and Yorkshire railway

on strike at Liverpool decks yeste

OBITUARIES.

Mr Valentine in bis monoplane arrived (Reuters Service to the China ada at Brooklands last night. He ano the

LONDON, August

ty guines prize as the first English-The well-known theatrical min to complete the circuit in the Daily Frederics Mouillot is dead, Matt aviation competition.

General Sir Robert Low

FAMOUS CRICKETER

RETIRES

M. Vedrines How Imm Dieppe to manded the Chitral Expedition in 1895, Paris in one and a quarter hours. | is "dench

LONDON, Aug. 6. Mr. Cody arrived at Brooklands yester day morning. Ee was the only competitor with an all British machine to complete the round-Britain course.

SPANISH FORTRESS COLLAPSES:

THIRTY HOUSES BURIED."

(Reuter & Service to the China Mail)

LONDON, August 6.

(Router Service to the China Mail.)

LOADOY, August 5 Lilley, the famous wicket keeper, is retiring from cricket.

THE CONSTITUTIONAL

ORISIS

DIE HARDS" UNYIELDING.

A Madrid telegram states that the old fortrees at Valencia, has collapsed, bar(Reuter's Servise to the China la ying thirty houses.”

Nine people were killed and many were seriously injured

A relief train is being dispatched. HOME CRICKET.

LONDO, August 5. TheDie Banda" held two meeti in London yesterday,

Lord Lovat presided at the Chelsea meeting, at which Lard Halsbury,

Milner and Mr. Aceton Chamberla delivered speeches expresam

The number of plans dealt with by the would, I am sure, if asked to name one Anglo-American Arbitration Treaty lieuter & Service to the Cling Math) determination never to yield, and were

life though the cessation of the ferry increase as compared with 1909: (1,058 staircase question and plumped for fe House in the evening. Proposing the Straw Hats mouth by 33 rime

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anybody goes to the Theatre Roya in the paid a tribute to the important part

LONDON, Aug.

sheered. Hampshire defeated Sussex at Ports The meeting at Holborn was

by Lurd Belbome, Londayi gaby mainland were most aggravating in the number deposited for alterations and midst of atomer. What's wanted is a bit played by Japan, in facilitating the benefit match) at Worcester by nine Smith. This meeting was also

Kent best Worcestershire (Arnold's Brake, Mr. Wyndham and Mr. F especially to those residing on the additions to existing buildings. There Boys and Girls.just passed came with any frequency, houses.

is also however a large increase in the of competition to hustis, the trustees into Anglo-American and Franco American wokatawa and was most enthusi Kowloon side. If weeks like that number of plans submitted for Chinese evincing sores consideration for the paying Arbitration Treation by its prompt and

Surrey sure three points in their public. All the cinematograph balls are unreserved recognition in the recent

-LIBERALS CONFIDENT it would indeed be a serious matter

bountifully stocked with fans, and they Anglo-Japanese Agreement of the great match with Somerset at Taunton, which

The Liberal newspaper for the prosperity and popularity of under the Theatres and Tablic Perform attactions to their patrons. Not so far distant when Japan would join

In all, 13 buildings were licensed via with one another in holding out cral principle of arbitration He was abandoned owing to rai

emfidently hoped that the time was not

Lesehire also obtain three points, fident that the Liberal $1.50, $2.50, $3.50, the Colony. However, the situation ancen Hegulation Ordinasce doring last the dull, repelling Theatre Royal. That's the movement now so auspiciously their match with Gloucestershire at able to dutyote the Hala

could not be helped, and the only air. In some cases, the licences were for the worst of enjoying a monopoly. What inaugurated

Manchester kasing to be abandoned * dizision. thing to be done was for business performances in buildings specially erected we now want is Me Maurice Bandmann to appear on the scene and set up a really people and residents alike to possess for the purpose and in other case for dement playhouse

existing buildings which were altered an their souls in patience until the passing of the storm.

Licences. “A suns of $120 was derived from in print, some instances of which I gave Fortunately, the Observatory the issue of licences Stepe have been the other day, that was certainly a funny Wm. Powell, Lid, officials kept u keen eye on the taken towards making sting buildings, advertisement which appeared in a con disturber of the routine life of the which are used as places of publioentertain: temporary the other morning in which a Colour. It was a trying and unxicas ment, comply with the requirements of young man, Britishor or Karopean

the Ordinance. time for Mr Frog and his staff, and

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required prior to the granting of the Agropos of strange thiops which appear

sought position. Doesn't know what he is 7 Ur is be one of those

VICTORIA THEATRE although there were there always The filing in of the arow on the East people who can be things.

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are many folk who, in their own side of Tai Hang rullah, with a view to

the extension of the Queen's Becreation "Duluion, could have handled matters

far better, it must be conceded that the Public Works for 1910, was completed at Ground, says the report of the Pizzotar of prognostications and advices emanat a total cost of 89,000, 45, of which #1,690,43 ing from the Observatory were correct was expanded in 1910. In conse

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